Re: what PS1 should really be

Daniel L Newhouse <[email protected]> Tue, 30 Mar 2021 12:11:50 -0500
Newsgroups alt.comp.cygwin
Message-ID <[email protected]>
On Tue, 30 Mar 2021 12:07:45 -0500, Daniel L Newhouse
<[email protected]> wrote:

Oopsi, you need to add a $ to the end and that is as good as it gets

 "\a\s-\v\w$" 

>The command prompt should really be "\a\s-\v\w" to give the absolute
>directory at the prompt when outside the home directory.  The "\a" 
>switch is obscure.